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The red and black signals were the second stage of the warning system based on actual rainfall levels recorded, and were issued to the public. Amber: More than 50 mm of rain is expected in the Hong Kong region within six hours. Red: Rainstorm has started and more than 50 mm of rain has been recorded over a wide area within the last hour or less ...
Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) issued a flood warning for Northern New Territories at 7:50 pm. [7] Heavy rainfall then spread to the entire territory, forcing the HKO to issue the Amber rainstorm signal, and later the Red signal in less than half an hour. At 11:05 pm, the highest warning level, Black rainstorm signal, was issued due to worsening ...
In US maritime warning flag systems, a red square flag with a black square taking up the middle ninth of the flag is used to indicate a storm warning (the use of two such flags denotes a hurricane force wind warning or a hurricane warning). The same flag as a storm warning is used to indicate a tropical storm warning.
The extreme conditions caught many residents by surprise and came just days after Hong Kong was lashed by its strongest typhoon in five years.
At 11:05 pm, the highest warning level, Black rainstorm signal, was issued due to continued worsening situations. It was the first time the warning was issued in two years. [16] It caused three fatalities. The torrential rainfall continued overnight and into the morning of 8 September, gradually subsiding by afternoon.
A weather warning generally refers to an alert issued by a meteorological agency to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather.A weather watch, on the other hand, typically refers to an alert issued to indicate that conditions are favorable for the development of dangerous weather patterns, although the dangerous weather conditions themselves are not currently present.
Sleet warning WSW (alt.: heavy sleet warning) – Heavy sleet accumulations of 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) or more, which may cause significant disruptions to travel or utilities, are imminent or expected to occur within 12 hours. Discontinued beginning with the 2008-2009 winter storm season and replaced by the winter storm warning for heavy ...
Black rainstorm signal, the third level of Hong Kong rainstorm warning signals; Schwarzer Regen (lit. Black Rain), a fictional exoskeleton in the Japanese light novel series Infinite Stratos; Black Reign (disambiguation) Dark Rain, The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) episode